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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-03-09
An Arab Horse Trade.

An Arab who wishes to sell horse
win never consent to be the first to name
price. Some one comes up and says,
"Self. thou wilt gain"
The vcnder replies, :" Buy, thou wilt
gain"
"Speak thou first"
No, speak thou"
"Was he purchased, or rearedf"
Reared in my tent, like one OF my
own children"
what hast thou been offered for
him2n
II have been offered 100 douros."
''Sell him to me at that price-thou
wilt gain. Tell me then, what thou
askest."
. See what Is written with Allah
Come, lot us drive away the previous
bidder, and do thou take ten douros oven
above his Offer"
/" accept. Take thy horse, and Allah,
grant thou mayst be successful upon his
back as many times as he has hairs
upon 1t"
Should the seller be DESTROYS to avoid
all risk OF future annoyance ON the sub
ject OF warranty, he adds, In the persence
of witnesses:
The separation between hs Is frcm
this moment, Thou dost not know me,
and / have never seen thee. "--[Gilbert
Sage's "reminiscences.
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aoooa Bserana Plenty OF IT..

The extreme importance of sufficiently
nutritious feeding In youth is well
illustrated by story that James N. Nixon
tells.
In 1s33aAaron Turner'S circus was per-
forming on route through Pennsylvania,
and at Pottsville Napoleon Turner, the
old man Turner's son, took fancy to a
wretched, starvellng-looklng boy be-
tween six and seven years old, who was
incoming about In the neighborhood of
the show,
The little fellow seemed to be nice,
Intelligent sort OF boy for his age, but
mlserably thin and weak His legs
bowed out from simple inability to bear
his body's weight. All his limbs were
thin and shapeless asa spiders, except
for their clumsy joints. His cheeks were
sunken, and his breast seemed to have
caved in.
Nap. found the father OF the lad and
managed to get the boy apprenticed to
him. The cireus-men were amazed at
sight OF Maps protege. and free to
prophesy that he would never amount TO
anything.
he DOESN'T. III save him from starving to
deaits anyway"
IRy folud that young Whlteomb (the
boys real lAillel could not cat meat. He
had ne.rr eaten any. The smell OF II
made Aim sick.
The first article of faith In a circus
mans creed Is that one must eat beef to
be strong, and Us 1t was a matter Of
settled determination In Nap. Turner's
mind that young Whitcomb should be
strong, and as Nap. was the biggest,
young Whitcomb had to eat beef.
He commenced lightly on It, o little at
time. and gradually Of his own choice
increased the ration. He was not put to
work at anything, but just allowed to
loaf around the tent when the other boys
were practising, and try to initiate them
when he chose to do SO.
Very rapidly he picked up flesh, and
verified the soundness OF the circus conf
dence In beef by growing strong.
In q few seasons he grew TO be q ro-
bust, straight, handsome fellow, good at
leaping, tumbling, slack-rope walking,
and eventually, under the name OF Henry
Turner, became famous as one OF the
best four-horse riders In the coun ry--
thanks to good beef and plenty Of It,"
as Nap. Turner used to say.
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CLEVER FEMALE DETECTIVES.
Some Cases In Which Their sgmArtness
Was Rewarded with Success.


A New York reporter found womans
detective agency, located downtown.
1t is managed by o woman who has
been In the detective business for about
twelve years. She is we'll known to
many lawyers and her reputation for
| flrst-class work is excellent. She Is of
middle age, of rather stout build, and
has a pleasant, attractive face. She was
dressed In black.
II called to get reply from you to
the intimation that women do not amount
to much as detectives, said the reporter
to her.
81 have no reply to make" she said.
81 do not seek notoriety OF any kind.
/ do my work as well and as careful
| ly as l know how, and my customers
appear to be satisfied"
Do employ women TO act as detec-
tives? Yes, several, though as a rule
do the most of it myself When
/ you want work done most to your
own satisfaction you must do it your
self
To-day there was O man In court
who was arrested through the work Of
this Office, and have an important case
ON hand OF which / shall! be glad to
/ give you particulars at the proper time,
but moro than this / do not care to
tell you about my work or myself.
The woman whom / will speak of
had an important case that involved
the finding OF mother and her child
who had gone West. The parties who
wanted to find the woman and child
employed her to discover their where
abouts. 1t was very necessary to learn
this In a suit that was pending.
I" The opponents to the suit knew
where they had gone to and had as their
counsel two OF the leading lawyers Of
brooklyn. The woman detective decided
TO take the bull by tho horns. as the
saying IS. She arrayed herself in deep
mourning and called on one of these
lawyers, representing herself as the
widowed sister of the woman who had
left for parts unknown.
She told them that she had Inn
portant papers to send her sister, and
talked 80 plausibly to the. counsellor
that no gave the whole thing away.
telling her the place to which the
woman and child had gone and all about
his side of the case.
g No sooner had our detective got
out of the sight Of this lawyers Office
| then she started In all haste to find
the woman, not even going homo to
| change her apparel She sent Telegram
to her husband that she was obliged to
go out of town and started for Indiana
Il believe that was the State) on the very
next train.
She found the woman and child In
the place she went to and thus &C.
eompllshed her task most success
fully.
:. Another bright operation of hers was
In obtaining Information from or about
II household which could only be OBJ
tanned by person inside the house.
She affected the Irish brogue and made
application at the house to be engaged
as cook.
g Her services as such were accepted
the Information that was desired. Then
she quit, telling the people that she
found the work too hard for her"
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A scotchwoman,s Age.

Patrolman Hummel brought In a
lady" and as she stood up to the
window to be registered for intoxica-
ton, Lieutenant Schriber said;
How old are you, madam"
ss0h, sergeant please your honor,
don't have to tell nay age, do II"
asked the woman In pleading tones.
Yes. madam" said the lieutenant.
"we take the ages Of oil prisoners?"
A suppressed moan escaped from the
woman's lips, and she looked appeal
ingly around and said:
"Well, II must must. was
born In Scotland, and my age multi
piled by twice its length. divided by
It's least common multiple. subtracted
from It's algebraic denominator and adj
ded to three-tenths OF its annual In
come will give you my correct and
truthful period OF actual existence.
Then she tainted.
Three arithmeticlans around the cen.
trail worked three hours on the prob
lem, coiUnel Lips brought out SOM
old school books, Sergeant Dunn brought
q slate and pencil. and scene o.
brain work and mental gymnastics
followed.
All gave up trying to solve how Ole
the lady was except the lieutenant
He shut his eyes and went 1t blinc
and put down sweet sixteen. ~ Cleye
land Plaindealer.
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a PRETTY WEDDING.


About 80 Saturday Young couple
entered the grain store OF Tarbox 4 Ham.
on lFaenarket square 10 Lewiston and
as.te,! Judge Smith was in. Tho Judge
vas sitting IN the back Office looking out
at the drizzling rain. Hearose, and with
his welcome smi.s approached the
couple. SIS this Judge Smithg' was
ire question Of the young man, across
whose face bashful blush swept sus-
pieieusly.
at Is - was the renly Of fJewiston's
oldest and one of her most respected
justices.
1--WE want to get married. was the
straightforward response.
The Young lady, who was remarkably
bright and pretty, blushed furiously at
this, and stood d little nearer to her
afiianced.
Judge Smith looked ,lp quickly at this
request. cleared his throat a little. put
his hands in his coat pocket and pulled
out his handkerchief. asked for and ex-
amined tho attestet; publication certifi-
cate, and finally, with a benevolent smile,
said he would be pleased to do il.
"when do YOU want to be married?''
he asked.
Now" was the response. the bride
bluahing again.
s'pffereYn asked the Judge.
.'IIcre. was the reply.
Tic Grain store. with It's dusty floors
and cobwobbea windows, seemed astraa1c
place %. such On event. The brightness
| or ths bride was the happiest picture ii,
| IL. Tho rain was pattering down fust
outside the open door and streaking
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-03-09
A mouse,s Adventure.

Judge Weaver, Of Atchison, Kan, has
a very fine cat that he values highly. It
is an excellent mouser, and like most
playful cats, likes to tease Its victims be-
fore making away with them. The other
day it was observed toying with mouse.
II would strike 1t Just hard enough with
its paw to partly palsy 1t, and then suffer
1t to run away q distance.
Soon the mouse gathered up strength
and as the cat was about to spring for
ward to catch 1t, with mouth open, the
mouse ran into the cats mouth. The cat
was soon observed to be In great agony
It climbed up the banisters, ran up posts,
and seemed to be decidedly uneasy with
the load upon its stomach.
Butsoon tho mouse was seen to emerge
nom tho cats stomach, and, most singu-
larry, 1t came out head foremost, 90 that
1t must have turned around In the cat g
stomach and came out as 1t entered
head foremost. The cat was much ex-
hausted, and lay in a comatose state for
an hour or mores III which time little
mousie escaped.
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A wonderful Walking Stick.

Robert Yale, Of Norwich. N. Y. has a
historical cane, which probably Is the
odiest walking stick ever built In this or
nny other country.
II contains 1900 pieces of wood, anil
eaea iuiaid piece is given an artistic and
symbolic form, so that the cane by its
various eoiored woods Is given most
artistic look, although no color is used
upon it. He planned and constructed 1t,
and the cane represents I'VE months labor.
Sixty OF the 1000 pieces of wood are
relics of great value to the relic hunter,
and comprise piece of wood from the
oldest tenantable house In America, the
Fairbanks residence, built In 1920, and
now occupied by the seventh generation.
The head of the cane Is from the tree
ut Crown Point to which General Putnam
was tied after being condemned to death
by burning by the Indians.
Set in the cane II q wreath OF hair from
the head OF Rebecca Bates, one OF tho he.
roines whose strategy drove the British
TO their shipping after landing to attack
Sctuate, Mass.
There is piece of wood from the Char
ter Oak another from the Houseof HAM
cock. Che first signer of the Declaration
OF Independence; another from the house
where witcheraft originated In Salem,
and another from the building where the
victims of that craze were tried.
Set In the cane is small piece OF Ply
mouth Rock, and also piece OF wood
from the AIayfiower; also woods from
Five different forts on Lake Champlain.
from Hawthorne's residence at Salem,
from the church where Roger Williams
preached, and from the tree beneath
which jonathan Edwards preached To the
Indians ut Stockbrldge, Conn; also a
piece from the curbing Of the well COM
memorated by Woodwork In his poem,
The Old Oaken Bucket"
The only foreign relic in the collection
Is piece OF wood from the Tasso oak.
The cane Is unique and attractive
piece OF work, and Is valued at $500 by
It's owner.-[ Norwich Bulletin.
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A SOCIAL NUISANCE.
"The Pump and Her Devious Wa
Explained.


There's the familiar pump. who makes
the business OF his or her life to rout
out every dissgreeable circumstance con-
nected with every family and retail them
round the neighborhood.
People speak OF her or him as "know-
ing everything" but this supreme knowl-
edge Is only gained by the greatest per-
severance and systematicai pumping
The pump Is detested and feared she
generally makes her attack upon the
youngest and softest member of a family,
going to work after this fashion:
She meets little Mary, whose brother
George has left the country (as she
thinksJ suddenlya and susplcIously. After
kissing tho dear child, she takes her into
a shop. expends penny on sweets. then
they walk hand In hand and the pumping
commences:
"And SO kind brother George has gone
away?"
Yes"
''And dear little Mary Is very sorry,
isn't she2 Yes, know she Is. And how's
mammaY
"Quite we'll, thank you"
"Ah not quite we'll, of course but
she was very glad for poor George to go,
eh?"
The pump glances sharply ct the child,
but the little face Is unruffied, the sweets
are good, and just the suspicion OK q
smile plays around her lips
|. "Ohi yes !; because 1t was for his good,
you know
"Ah he left the bank rather suddenly
think"
II don't know; did not see him"
The pump looks baffied and vexed--
was 1t for this she wasted her substance
In pear drops? But she continues:
And SO poor mamma cried very much,
and dear papa was angry with George2s
No, he wasn't; there was nothing to
be angry about"
No, dear? I thought you said that
when poor George came home unexpect-
eddy mamma cried and papa was angry?'
The pump had met her match for once;
the child looks up and laughs.
didn't say anything OF the sort, and
George told me to tell you II you asked
any questions that there's an Iron pump
in our garden and you can exercise your
self there II you like"
\ Every one, am sure, has met the
pump, that nuisance who could cork
screw herself into your every affair
lTinsleys Magazine.
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Women. Reaax-s1aae clothlng.

There Is hardly q trade that has
grown so rapidly during the past few
years as the cloak trade" said q manu-
faetnrer to a reporter. "a fow years ago
Il was a trade almost unknown on this
s.dn Of the Atlantic. In this country
now there are hundreds Of houses de-
voted TO this interest aioae."
4" Can you give me any figures as to It's
progressf'
+" According to the returns made at
the last ccnaus, we find that the amount
OF business transacted inthe matter OF
wonacn's clothing footed up nearly $50
000,00D, and 1t IS likely the greater part
Of this was for outer garments About
two-thlrds OF this, or $4,000 900, Is
credited TO New York; TO Philadelphia,
S2.Cs0,O3O; Boston, 81 SOC, 600; CHICAGO,
81, 900, 600; Cincinnati and San Francisco
about 81 COO, 900 each. According to the
1889 census the amount Of capital en-
pioyed was about 81. 800, 000,"
What Is the centre for manufacture
ing cloalEs In Europe?"
Berlin, probably because OF tho
cheap manner In which they can be put
together here. number used
to be imported there from that place. but
the imports have largely fallen of, and
domestic goods are chiefly used. Tho
foreign manufacturers cannot make goods
to TIT our American ladies' we'll"
from7s
Paris stands at the head OF the list
OF cities furnishing designs, although we
are every year advancing In this line our
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-03-09
RUN. choa.e as a Speaker.

The enthusiasm, SO easily enklndled,
was as enduring as II was instantaneous.
1t almost literally knew no limit Ii saw
every difficulty, faced every judicial dan
ger, snatched every instrument OF I'M
preston. watched the face of every Juror
took In instant suggestion from the eye
or even the attitude Of the Judge, felt the
subtle force OF the general feeling peryad-
Ing the courtroom, kept all the facts and
all the principles necessarily Ia mind,
transfgured them all In radiance ofgenius,
and shot his vivid Interpretation OF all
upon the jury In the most plausible,
deferential, captivating. commanding
utterancc, which even lips so skilled and
practical could attain.
Weakness, languor, sickness itself
vanished before this invlncible spirit.
Haggard, wan after q night OF sleepless
suffering, his throat sore, his head
throbblng, swathed In fiannels, buried
under overcoats, with wrappings around
his neck, II bandage on his knee, blister
on his cheek, when he rose for his argu-
ment oil facts reported by witnesses In
the case, all legal principles bearing
upon 1t, all passages OF history letters,
life, that might illustrate his argument
or confound his antagonists seemed
visibly present 10 his mind.
He thought OF nothing but jury and
verdict. His eloquence was then as COM
pletely independent OF technical rule as
the screams OF passlonsor the shouts OF q
mob. He was after q favorable decision
Of the case, as II his own life depended
upon It. Short, sharp, shattering words
rattlcd like volleys before and after re-
sounding sentences.
Language heaped on his lips. Images
delicate, homely, startling. blazed upon
his pictured words. The common court
became a scene Of the most astonishing
intellectual action. Judge Shaw looked
at him as he might have looked al
the firm set heavens, glitterlng with
meteors.
The farmers. mechanics, traders. on
on the jury were seized. swept forward
stormed upon with an utterance so un.
bounded In variety and energy, sometimes
so grotesque. always so controlling and
impellant, as only his hearers ever had
heard. The velocity Of his speech was
almost unparalleled, yet the poIse OF his
mind was us undisturbed as that OF the
planet. DR. Storrs' "Memoirs
u
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-03-09
a Tatfooea I,eIle.

The daughter OF distinguished naval
officer is one OF the leaders OF the
healthy craze. Her plump. well-rounded
figure and swinging gait can be seen on
Pennsylvania avenue nearly every after
noon rain or shine, and she has the rud-
diest cheeks In Washington.
She looks the perfect picture of health,
but some of her sharp sisters have been
tracking up the secret of how her pale
complexion disappeared SO suddenly.
Itappears, SO they say, that the young
lady called In the services OF an old
sailor who had known her ever since
she was o "wee bit of thing and told
him that she was miserable because she
never could have any color In her face.
She asked him to tattoo her cheeks o
delicate shade OF red, and although the
operation was quito painful, she stood
1t bravely, and the consequence Is that
she will have o red face even after
death.
1t Is said thateseveral society bellies
contemplate undergoing the same course
of treatment. Boston Traveller.
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MISTAKE or ATHLETIC STUDENTS.

Professor +. w. Newman. the eminent
English scientist, contributes an account
of his way OF life, to the Herald of Health,
at the request of its editor AS Prof.
Newman has passed his eightieth birth
day, and Is still hale and hearty, his
example has some value.
" Perhaps ought not to conceal that
l am sadly out OF harmony with the pre-
valent doctrine OF the day concerning
hardihood.
when was a young man Ihad my
own theories about bracing and harden
ing my body; slept on hard straw
mattress; generally scorned a great
coat-at least q warm one. In Asiatic
travel l had plenty OF necessary hard
ships. 1slept with open windows inmost
seasons; but travel brought me around
to an opposite conviction.
''At University College, London, I found
that thcyoung men with open necks had
no such Immunity from cold and cough
as ! enjoyed through my wraps. One OF
my greatest distresses there was speak
ing loud against their coughs and nose
blowing.
Except In warm summer seldom
rise early, because become cold In sit
ting still. especially after the night has
chilled the room.
Once only in seventeen years was /
absent from my lecture room in London
through inability to use my voice ;--an
Inability caused by struggling against tho
noises of coughs, etc. But my dear wife
said that In more than forty years she
had never known me to have cough (;
yet at this moment am the weaker for
having foolishly roughed It years ago
when, in the month ofSeptember, sudden
cold came on after great heat and / had
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1887-03-09
bad Never Seen hI. WIG and chIlaren

Had Never Seen His Wife and Children.
Several years ago a resident OF ono
of the suburbs had the misfortune to
become totally blind, q cataract forming
over his eyes. While In this condition
his wife died.
A young German girl whom the I'M
fortunate man had never seen was very
attentive to the wife in her last Illness,
and after her death did what she could
to make the grief-stricken husband and
his two little children as comfortable us
possible.
Such devotion did not go unrewarded.
The blind man proposed and was ac-
cepted He married the faithful girl.
Two children were the result OF this
union. During his years of blindness
the sIghtless never lost hopes that
some day he might again look upon the
beauties OF nature and the loved ones
around him.
physician was finally consulted, who
agreed to attempt the removal OF the
cataract. The operation was successful
and he from whom the light had been
shut out so many years saw again. He
was almost beside himself with Joy.
A friend who was at once recognized,
came In leading lady by the hand.
!" Do you know who this Isl" he said
to the happy Fellow,
/" No. do not"
This is your Wife" and then the
pair. one of whom had never seen the
other, fell into each others arms, and
a domestic scene OF pathetic beauty en-
sued.
The two little children were also brought
in to their father. He clasped them to
his beating heart, and all the miseries OF
| the mast were forgotten In the pleasure
Of that moment. II Cincinnati Sun.
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winter Hints.

Don't put your hands into other peo-
pies pockets to keep them warm.
Carry no bottles In the hind pockets Of
your coat on n slippery day.
Don't give your girl such a long good
bye at the door. This produces coughs
from the old folks upstairs.
Never call to see your girl In cold
room.
Do not allow yourself to SILVER unless
you see a creditor coming.
II you have get UP In the mornings
and make fire, don't do it.
Work enough to get your blood and
little currency into circulation.
Ii the wind blows In one window, open
the other and let 1t blow out.
Don't hang around cast-iron. column
on cold night. You may get q CORN
THAN frieze.
Cold molasses and noses are not alike
cold molasses won't run. Always wear
q nose-stall Of fur.--[Judge.